Water and gas separator.



W. HEIVIME.

. WATER AND GAS SEPARATOR. APPuc/Tlon FILED 0121.2. 1915.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

invento@ Witnesses Atorneys,m

' lWILLIAM HEMME, or' ALTooNA, KANSAS.

WATER AND GAS sarARA'roa.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.. 11, 19115.

Application mea october 2, 1915. serial No. 53,@43.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HEMME, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Wilson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Water and Gas Separator, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to water and gas separators, and aims tol provide.. a novel and improved deviceof that character adapted to separate ried by the gas forced from a gas well.

Another object of the invention is to provide a water and gas separator having a por- -tion in which the water or condensate accumulates, and means whereby the water can be forced out gradually by the pressure within the separator.

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide a' water and .gasseparator which is lquite simple and inexpensive in construction, and which will serve its oflice in a thoroughly eicient, practical and desirable manner.

With the foregoing and otherobjects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the'details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the separator, portions being shown in elevation. Fig. 2 detail of the water escape device.

In carrying out the invention, there is employed a tubular casing 1, which may be composed of pipe sections coupled together, as at 2, and which has its ends covered by caps 4 having their rims threaded upon the ends of the casing. This casing 1 is either supported close upon the ground, or under the surface of the ground so as to be protected against freezing, and that end of the casin having the cap 3 is disposed at a slight y lower level than the other end, whereby the casing is in a slightly inclined position. If the casing is upon the ground, the lower end thereof can rest upon the ground, while the other end is supported by a block B or other device for that purpose.

lthe Water which is caris an enlarged sectional The rim of the cap 4 is provided with an upper outlet port 5, and an elbow or outlet member 6 is attached to `said cap 5 to communicate with the port or outlet 5, to conduct ythe gas from the casing l to the vgas main M attached to the elbow or coupling 6,

discharge pipe? is attached ter of the lower cap 3, and is provided with a normally closed hand valve 8, which can be opened to vallow'the casing to be drained.

The lower or rear end of the casing is provided with a water escape device, whereby theaccumulated water or condensate can be blown out` by the pressure of the gas within the casing. This device includes an elbow 10. having one end attached to the lower portion of the rim of the cap 3, said cap having a port or opening 9 establishing communication between the lower end of the casing and the elbow 10. The other `end or arm of the elbow 10 is threaded into'a plug '11 which is in turn threaded into one arm'of a larger elbow 12 forming a bowl. The other arm of the elbow 12 projects upwardly, so that the elbow 12 will hold the water and sediment. Aring orlbushing 13 is threaded into the upstanding arm of the' elbow 12, and is provided with a central restricted opening 14. A screen or strainer 15 is secured to the rim of the bushing or ring 13 to Aprevent the discharge of the sediment from the elbow 12, and a plug 16 is threaded into the opening 14 of thev bushing, and is provided with a restricted aperture 17. The screen 15 is suiiciently line, to prevent the sediment from flowing to the plug 16, and the apertures of the screen are finer than the aperture 17, so as to prevent large particles of sediment from clogging up the aperture 17, -yalthough the fine particles can flow through both screen l5 and aperture 17 without danger of clogging the device.

he gas is forced into the upper end of the casing, by means of a pipe or nozzle 18 of smaller diameter than the casing 1 and projecting axially thereinto, the outer or upper end of the nozzle 18 being threaded through the cap 4, and the inner or lower end of the nozzle 18 terminating intermediate the ends of the casing. The nozzle 18 is disposed concentrically within the casing, to provide an annular gas space between the nozzle and casing. A T-coupling 19 has one end threaded upon the outer end of the nozzle or pipe 18, and an elbow or coupling 20 is attached to the arm of the to the cenv the' J19. The pipe P whichv leads to the is connected to the elbow or coudeliver the gas into the couplin gas wel nozz e 18. 0 v

The nozzle 18 1s for directing the gas at a low pressure into the casing,

and in order to directthe gas at a higherjpressure into the casing, a second pipe or nozzle'21 of smaller diameter than the nozzle 18projects axially .through the nozzle 18, and its outer or upper end is threaded through that end. of the coupling 19 remote from the nozzle 18 for'connection with a gas pipe leading into the well and connected to an e]ector for forcing the gas intothe nozzle 21 under high state into the gas main M. The water which' accumulates at the lower end of the casing, flows into the elbow or bowl 12, and the sediment also accumulates in said elbow. The water can pass out through the aperture 17 at a predetermined rate of ilow, the water being forced out by the gas pressure. The aperture 17 is of such size that the water can be blown out at practically the same rate that the water accumulates within the casit being evident that the` plug 16 can be substituted by another plug having aA different sized aperture, when the rate of the esca e of the water is either too fast or slow. he gas can be forced under high pressure into Athe casing through the nozzle 21 with the same result.

laving thus described the invention, .what is claimed as new' is:

1. A water and as separator, comprising an inclined casing aving a gas outletvat its up er end, a gas inlet nozzle projecting axially into the casing from the upper end thereof, an elbow havlng one arm connected to the lower end of the casing and having its other arm projecting upwardly, a bushing engaged within the last mentioned arm of the elbow, an apertured plug carried by said bushing to provide a restrictedwater outlet, and a screen carried by the bushing to prevent the sediment from clogging up the plug.

2. A water and gas separator, comprising an inclined casing having a gas outlet at its upper end and water escape'means at its lower end, a low pressure gas nozzle projecting through the upper end of the casing axially into the caslng, a coupling attached to the outer end of said nozzle and having means for the connection of a gas pipe, and a high pressure nozzle projecting through the aforesaid nozzle and engaged through said coupling.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as m own, I have hereto aixed my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HEMME.

Witnesses: MARY McLain-1N,

JAMES T. MILLER. 

